Poems by John Gould Fletcher
Although largely forgotten these days, John Gould Fletcher was a very famous poet in the 1920s, and it was a great coup for the Southern Agrarians to have included his essay on Southern education in I’ll Take My Stand.
Although largely forgotten these days, John Gould Fletcher was a very famous poet in the 1920s, and it was a great coup for the Southern Agrarians to have included his essay on Southern education in I’ll Take My Stand.
Conrad Aiken was born in Savannah but after his parents’ death (when he was two), he was reared by an aunt in Cambridge, Massachusets . At Havard, he and Eliot were friends and colleagues.
A poem written long ago in a style and vein that might have pleased the subject, Peter Russell.
A slightly revised version. To avoid any misunderstanding, the speaker is the eternal spirit of Simon Magus.